Carl Drott – October 13, 2014 – warscapes: “Extremists” & “Moderates” in Kobani / Reportage – Kurds in Kobani
MESOP FACING KOBANE (III) : YPG/PYD (PKK) HAVE TO DO A FINAL DECISION
For nearly a month, fighters from the mainly Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have kept Islamic State (IS) forces at bay outside Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) in northern Syria. Regional and international actors have remained reluctant to support the YPG, demanding that the group first relinquishes its independent identity and becomes part of the mainly Arab Free Syrian Army (FSA). I was in Kobani from late August into September – as it turned out, I was the last international journalist to visit before the final onslaught began – and witnessed YPG and FSA units side-by-side on the front lines to defend Kobani. So why is the YPG still reluctant to come under the FSA banner, and what is behind the world’s reluctance to support the Syrian Kurds in their stand at Kobani?- Ultimately, it comes down to shifting perceptions of “extremists” and “moderates.”
MESOP FACING KOBANE (III) : YPG/PYD (PKK) HAVE TO DO A FINAL DECISION
ALLAH or APO – the time of the SO CALLED GREAT LEADERS is over
FSA fighters responding “Allahu Akhbar!” – while Kurdish female fighters respond with a slogan in support of the imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.
“Ultimately, the situation in Kobani is incongruous and somewhat confounding. While FSA factions have never been called to account for building alliances with jihadists and cutting a path of violence and destruction through northern Syria, the YPG is left twisting in the wind for its unwillingness to join them. The Kurdish “extremists” in Kobani face the same ultimatum today as two years ago: abandon its project for decentralized secular democracy and join under the banner and command of Arab “moderates,” or be left to face IS alone.” Carl Drott
MESOP LATEST : Iraqi Kurd Blows Himself Up in Kobani Car Bomb
13.10.2014 – BasNews, Kobani – One of the suicide attackers of Monday’s six car bombs has been identified as a Kurd from Iraqi Kurdistan.
MESOP VIDEO: JMA CLAIM TO FIND EVIDENCE IRANIANS PRESENT AT HANDARAT ALEPPO
OCTOBER 13, 2014 JOANNA PARASZCZUK
Video footage released by Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar’s media wing of fighting at Handarat, Aleppo claims to show evidence of the presence of Iranian forces. Akhbar Sham posted the video on Sunday (warning: some graphic images): Not all of this footage was made by JMA or shows JMA, however; some of it shows Arabic-speaking fighters. (It is worth noting that JMA has historically presented itself as leading battles in which it has merely participated alongside much larger factions.) The footage shows Russian-speaking fighters entering an apartment building that had been used by pro-Assad forces and captured by the rebels. A young Arab boy brings a packet of tablets to the Russian-speaking cameraman, who says they are “drugs/ narcotics”. The cameraman then shows a package of Iranian nuts to the camera.
MESOP News Roundup: Monday, October 13 / Backed by airstrikes, Kurds fight for Kobani
“I am fearful that Kobani will fall,” Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the United States’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview on ABC Sunday, adding that IS forces have adapted to the strikes by avoiding flying flags, moving in large convoys, or establishing identifiable headquarters. A leader of the YPG in Kobani said Sunday that YPG efforts and international airstrikes had “stopped IS’s progress, and improved the position of the Kurdish forces.” The airstrikes have destroyed “the greater part of IS’s heavy weapons and machinery” in and around Kobani, Jakdar Kobani was quoted by Kurdish news agency ARANews as saying.
German Nationals Join Kurdish Army Fighting ISIS / CLICK FOR VIDEO & PICTURES
MESOP : THE MULTICULTURAL GERMANY TO THE FRONT
On September 28, France 24 TV aired a report about German Kurds returning to Iraq in order to join the Peshmerga forces fighting ISIS. According to the report, hundreds of European Kurds have already joined the fighting.
Reporter: “When the sun goes down, the Peshmerga patrols return to base. Hussein and Lukman resemble the other fighters, but their story is different. They are Germans, who came here three months ago to fight the Islamic State.
MESOP LATEST : Abu Khatab was the IS leader in Kobani attacks – KILLED !
Kurdish IS Leader Killed in Kobani – 12.10.2014 – Hoshmand Sadiq – BasNews, Erbil – A number of Islamic State (IS) militants near Kobani, Syrian Kurdistan, have been killed in clashes with People’s Protections Unit (YPG) fighters. Among them was the Kurdish Islamic State commander known as Abu Khatab.
MESOP : TODAY’S GENERAL OVERWIEW KOBANE Syria Daily: Street-to-Street Battles In Kobane Between Kurds and Islamic State
By Scott Lucas October 12, 2014 11:31 Updated – US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that he is prepared for the loss of Kobane to the Islamic State, as well as parts f Iraq, because the US lead a coalition in the defeat of the jihadists.
Kerry told the Voice of Aemerica, “There will be disappointments…as we are witnessing in Kobane, and in other places — in Anbar [western Iraq] and elsewhere — because it is just ramping up. It is just getting going.” Kerry assured, “In the end, ISIL [the Islamic State] will recognize that the power of justice and law, and rule of law and civility is much more powerful than their hatred and their atrocities.”
MESOP : NO HELP-CALL FOR FSA GROUPS FIGHTING ISIS !?
FSA Groups Fighting against ISIS in Kobane Appeal for Help
Chief Commander of Shams al Shamal Abu Leyla denies some reports that ISIS now controls 40% of Kobane. He says what ISIS controls is roughly 25% of the city.
MESOP FACING KOBANE : KURDS FIGHT AGAINST KURDS FOR KOBANE
“Al-Kurdistani is now at the head of nearly 400 armed Kurdish militants from Iraq, Iran, Turkey as well as from some western countries, who are striving to capture the city of Kobane as a stronghold,” the source said.
A Kurdish militant leads ISIS operations against Kobane – Khattab al-Kurdistani
ARA News – 12-10-2014 – Adana, Turkey – Media activists close to the Islamic State group (IS/ISIS), an al-Qaeda offshoot, revealed that the battles in the city of Kobane, northern Syria, are being led by one of the Kurdish leaders in the extremist group.
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